IBM HDR1/EOF1/EOV1 Label Format
ContentLength (in Bytes)Field NameCharacter Position in the
Label Record
"HDR" or "EOF" or "EOV"3Label Identifier1 - 3
"1"1Label Number4
Tape-file name17Data Set Identifier5 - 21
File-set name to which this volume belongs6Data Set Serial Number22 - 27
Ordinal number of this volume within a
multivolume data set
4Volume Sequence Number28 - 31
Ordinal number of this data set within a
multi-dataset file-set
4Data Set Sequence Number32 - 35
A number indicating the absolute
generation number of this file
4Generation Number36 - 39
A number indicating the version of this
generation
2Version Number40 - 41
Year and day of the year this file was
created
6Creation Date42 - 47
Year and day of the year this data set can
be scratched or overwritten
6Expiration Date48 - 53
"0"1Data Set Security54
Number of blocks written in this volume
sequence
6Block Count55 - 60
Spaces13System Code61 - 73
Spaces7Reserved for Future
Standardization
74 - 80
IBM HDR2/EOF2/EOV2 Label Format
ContentLength (in Bytes)Field NameCharacter Position in the
Label Record
"HDR" or "EOF" or "EOV"3Label Identifier1 - 3
"2"1Label Number4
"F": Fixed length1Record Format5
"U": Undefined length
Number of bytes per block5Block Length6 - 10
Number of bytes per record5Record Length11 - 15
Value1Tape Density (5180 Tape
Drive only)
16
"0": Full function mode
Space: device other than 5180
"0": No volume switch has occurred.1Data Set Position17
"1": A volume switch previously occurred.
Spaces17Job/Job Step Identification18 - 34
Spaces2Tape Recording Technique35 - 36
Space1Control Character37
Space1Reserved for Future
Standardization
38
"B": Records are blocked1Block Attribute39
IBM Standard Labels 295